Event: Pride and poetry Iranian queer poetry

Head to Toronto’s 519 Church Street Community Centre this Saturday, July 9th at 7 p.m. for a night of contemporary Iranian queer poetry hosted by the Iranian Queer Organization. Poems will be translated in English.

For more info on the Iranian Queer Organization please visit its website:

IRQO was founded the summer of 2006 with the aim of familiarizing the Iranian society with sexual diversity issues and working toward the decriminalization of homosexuality. Other goals include serving the Iranian queer community residing in Canada, and educating the larger Iranian-Canadian communities on issues of inclusion and diversity.